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Leonardo Da Vinci's Personal Notebook

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the pages-of-history dept.

IZ Reloaded writes "The British Library has made available 14 great books on its website. One of them is a 1508 notebook by Leonardo Da Vinci containing short treatises, notes and drawings of a wide range of subjects from mechanics to the moon. The site allows you to view the original manuscript written in Leonardo's own handwriting."

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  1. Re:Needs Shockwave by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

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  2. Re:Messy handwriting by magarity · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    he had some messy handwriting. You think he could have taken a little care.
     
    You don't know many engineer/inventor types, do you?